CRASH INTO BRIDGE

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1930, Page 3

CRASH INTO BRIDGE

WOMAN PASSENGER INJURED. (ByTelegraph—Frees Association) . rWELLINGTON, 'Aug. 31. Smashing into the c'entralpiltar ot the overhead bridge across Hutt Road, rierir TKarivhrra/ on a. Public AVrirks Department lorry, bovnd' for Wellington, was wrecked. , ; $ passenger was injured rather y'seridusly Arid now lies at the WellingT tori Hospital! The drver, V. Hughes, of the Public Works Department, was cut about the head and face. His passenger, Miss Georgina O’Connor, wht> lives in Bolton Street, was- taken by f the ambula'nce to Wellington Hospital, suffering from cuts on the face, a broken nose and concussion.

’A piece of concrete was knocked out

of’the pillar with the force, of the impact. The bonnet of the vehicle was prished back to the windscreen, which

was made ! Of safety glass, which prevented," the injuries received ife'-the passengers froth "being any more serisus than they'were. - •; r , ■{ - The Bridge is the one over wliicnj: othrir bridge with similar concrete srrp-: ports'is in the neighbourhood of Nga-;? t hauranga, some distance further 'dung the road.' Bhe Ngahauranga'-blidge is*equipped with flashing lights? The Kaiwarra bridge lias a permanent light which has been in position for years.